English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Weets

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Waytes 1693 PRGis

Etymology

, 1817 M , Waytes 1693 PRGis , possibly wēt ' wet ' in the sense ' wet place ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site